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    We’re getting a full-size Portal pinball table before Portal 3

    The linked original source article it makes it very clear that Reggie is a new character voiced by a new-to-the-franchise voice actor Marc Silk so they didn’t have to pay for two well-known voice actors. A timeless tale is voice actors getting shafted! Gonna have to biff the “trademark British...
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    We’re getting a full-size Portal pinball table before Portal 3

    Did AI nonsense write this leading to this seemingly endearing anecdote yet completely fake quote: ???
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    Surface Go 3 is a processor bump for Microsoft’s smallest tablet

    The i3-10100Y isn't a quad-core and its likely to be a minimal upgrade over the lower-tier Pentium Gold 6500Y since they're more or less identical save for the i3-10100Y is able to clock higher. In the tablet's thermally constrained environment they will likely sit around the same sustained...
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    Valve Anti-Cheat’s “permanent” bans now have one major exception

    Looks like others have caught the library deletion inaccuracy. It seemed outrageous that an automated system could nuke your library and I also searched and found that luckily that isn't the case. You do lose multiplayer access on VAC games (though it seems non-VAC servers in those games will...
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    $200 Puro Pro hybrid over-the-ear headphones are almost perfect

    This feels more like a paid advertisement for some Chinese headphones that exist to charge you $200 for $50 headphones. There's no comparison to the most recommended Bose QC35 II or Sony WH1000XM4 which both regularly drop down to $200 and are direct competition from major, well established...
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    High-end SATA SSD shootout: Samsung 860 Pro vs. Kingston DC500M

    Typo here, it should be "fast SLC cache".
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    The unreasonable effectiveness of the Julia programming language

    The plotting example didn’t show off whatever the author wanted to show off for the Julia language. What occurred was eminently possible in Python/MATLAB with the same simplicity (maybe more - didn’t get to see the linspace/arrange call). Also many people miss the key thing that helps new...
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    The first Xbox Series S/X 1TB storage expansion card costs $220

    The comparison later on is the only comparison you should make. Anything else is disingenuous. Comparing a fast, non-SATA (somewhat proprietary) SSD to a spinning hard drive for price comparison is useless. And if you want to compare to a spinning hard drive because that was good enough for the...
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    Asus ROG Zephyrus G14—Ryzen 7nm mobile is here, and it’s awesome

    Glad to see Ars trying to get back into more serious hardware journalism, but this review could be better. There's a lot left out, maybe to make it more streamlined and easy to read? Either way, a future article can be streamlined and useful, I'm sure. There is a fair amount of tossing out...
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    Leaks reveal a trio of iPhone 11 releases to come from Apple this fall

    The iPad Pro had its lightning port replaced with USB-C. A nice feature upgrade like that could be expected for the next iPhone as well. According to these rumors - we don’t get that nice upgrade. So they have a split product line operating on two ports for longer 🤷‍♀️ and that’s why it “still”...
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    Apple walks Ars through the iPad Pro’s A12X system on a chip

    Just want to note that the encoding performance you reference is definitely using fixed function encoders - it's not the CPU performance as Geekbench tests use (and I want to stress cross-platform Geekbench isn't 1:1 scoring - you'll never find Andandtech comparing various CPU architectures with...
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    “Flip Grip” brings classic arcade screen orientation to portable Switch

    The $30 Kindle Fire is also good enough for that! Again, standing on-screen controls. Need to “invest” in the paid Drastic DS emulator, though. And side load the google play store...
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    PewDiePie calls out media “attack” in response to Disney fallout

    Do not take what this article says as truth - the author continues a bias that the Wall Street Journal took. I watched the relevant videos that the Wall Street Journal pulled from to make their article and video and it is parody - albeit crude parody. This is one of the few cases where you can...
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    Dell XPS 15 review: A bigger version of the best PC laptop

    If you watch GPU-z you should really be able to tell what's going on (which GPU is in use/if it is being fully utilized). Additionally, I had a 750M laptop and on battery power the 750M would rocket down to minimal clocks (also visible in GPU-z) and never boost up. In the Heaven benchmark from...
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    Dealmaster: Save $350 on a Lenovo K450e desktop

    The 2014 rMBP is at a nice price - but it's from eBay. From a seller who has never sold anything previously. With a poor return policy (pay to ship back within 7 days). Too shady for me.
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    By 2017, Norway wants to be the first country to ditch FM radio entirely

    3G, Wifi, and FM are not sound at all. They are light waves. Photons carry them. Air particles are not vibrating to transmit them. They move at the speed of light. Higher frequencies are higher energy. High energy photons are termed radiation (along with high energy...
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    From The Wirecutter: The best cable modem (for most folks)

    I have 2 SB1641s, they've been totally solid in two locations for 2-3 years now. A cat even threw up on one. Of note though, I've added a bit of customization. I saw when buying it that people said it overheated if in a hot environment and a heatsink on its main chip would help. I bought some...
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    Privacy advocate tells FTC that Samsung smart TVs are “deceptive”

    I got a Samsung SmrtTV over Black Friday and have not attached it to my wifi. It hasn't bothered me about it either. It's a really nice screen and the Roku (without voice) fills in for smart stuff without questionable ads/recording concerns.
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    Report: HP plans to split into two companies

    Sell! Or try K10Stat to get custom voltage levels for less heat. That does work minimally. There's guides online. Nothing can be done to control the fan speed though, tried very hard to get something for that. You can use MSI Afterburner to underclock the 5650 if you don't game. Or overclock if...
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    Windows 10 doesn’t fix the desktop—it fixes Windows 8’s reputation

    I have a Dell Mini 10 netbook (single core atom / 2GB DDR2 / platter drive). Windows 7 was very, very slow on that. Windows 8 is significantly better in every aspect for the low specs. Faster to boot, nicer with multitasking, and generally much better (usable). I put the Windows 8 Consumer...